Indian Air Force(IAF) has announced AFCAT 2013 Notification and invites online application form by all eligible and talented candidates for the posts of commissioned officers on it’s official website at www.careerairforce.nic.in.

Indian Air Force has announced yet another job openings for the post of commissioned officers on it’s various branches like flying branch, technical branch and ground duty branch.

To work with Army is most of youngsters dream and Indian Air Force is one of Army’s hand whose primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Raj and the prefix Royal was added in 1945 in recognition of its services during World War II.

After India achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Royal Indian Air Force served the Dominion of India, with the prefix being dropped when India became a republic in 1950. Defense of India and every part thereof including preparation for defense and all such acts as may be conducive in times of war to its prosecution and after its termination to effective demobilization.

If your dream is also to work under air force then this will be the golden opportunity that comes ones in a lifetime as right now IAF seeking talented, energetic, hard working candidates who can work as per their needs.

Now lets get some info about how can you enter in Indian Air Force ? IAF every year conducts Air Force Common Admission Test to choose qualified male as well as female prospect for ti’s various sector posts. This exam mostly conducted in the month of March and August every year.

This time for season 2013 1st AFCAT’s notification is out now which is gonna be organize on 24th February 2013 across all over India at various exam centre. All those candidates either male or female who fulfill their criteria can apply for this.

Brief information related to AFCAT Exam Pattern, Syllabus, exam date, notification, eligibility for Air Force Common Admission Test 2013 can be find out from article below and for full details it is advisable that you go through official advertisement.

Name of Post : Commissioned Officers.

There are total three branches which are flying branch, technical branch and ground duty branch in which IAF will recruit both male and female candidates who fulfill below requirements and also based on performance in AFCAT exam.

Flying Branch

Fighters

Transports

Helicopters

Technical Branch

Mechanical

Electronics

Ground Duty Branch

Administration

Accounts

Logistics

Education

Meteorology

1. Flying Branch (Both Male & Female) :

For Male :
No. 13 Short Service Commission (13 SSC) Course – Commencing from January 2014

Age Limit : Must be between 19 to 23 Years as on 1st January 2014. Age Relaxation up to 25 Years would be given to those candidates who holding the valid Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA.

Education Qualification : Applied Candidates must holding bachelor’s degree in any manner with minimum 60% Marks covered from a recognized university or approved B.E/B.Tech Colleges situated across all over India.

Education Qualification : Applied Candidates must holding Bachelor’s degree in any subject area with 60% Marks or PG Degree or equivalent diploma in any subject area with 50% Marks.

Physical Standard :

Height : 157.5 CMs (Men ) – 152 CMs (Women)
Weight : Correlated.

Pay Scale : Selected candidate while training will be going on he/she will be able to get Rs 15,600 - 39,100 along with all other facilities and after successful completion of training IAF will pay as per below to commissioned officers.

Selection Procedure : All eligible candidates who applied successfully and fulfill eligibility conditions will be call for AFCAT on 24th February 2013 and candidates who qualify in this test will be called for further test which will be done in three stages, Stage-I: Intelligence Test, Stage-II: Psychological Test, Group Test and Interview, Stage-III Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT).

AFCAT 2013 Exam Pattern :

AFCAT Exam will contain total 100 MCQ type questions. All questions will be of three marks each. For every correct answer the candidate will get three marks and for every wrong answer one mark will be deducted under negative marking. The total time allotted for the paper is two hours.

Candidates who think that they fulfill eligibility and can work as per their needs can apply before the last date of apply through only method of application which can be done by filling an AFCAT 2013 Online Application Form as per instructions provide in notification below.